Is Haye a Bona Fide Pay Per View fighter now?

[twenty six]

No brainer.
Of course they will.

[Wales]

Was that the biggest ppv ever involving a british fighter? How many buys did Lewis Tyson do? Also, is there any ocnfirmation on the number 800,000 - whihc sounds stupidly high

[twenty six]

Wales,
The pubs in the West End were quoted £2500 to show this fight - equivalent to 166 individual buys - and amazingly a lot of them went for it !
I expect these figures to include the Commercial sales - easy to boost them up this way.
That said a brilliant Sales / PR job by David.

[U.F.O]

Hell yes being a HW has a lot to do with it though

[Wales]

Wales,
The pubs in the West End were quoted £2500 to show this fight - equivalent to 166 individual buys - and amazingly a lot of them went for it !
I expect these figures to include the Commercial sales - easy to boost them up this way.
That said a brilliant Sales / PR job by David.

Apparently Rawhide comedy club in Liverpool had their comedy night followed by david Haye Vs Valuev on the big screen!!

[teddy007]

Yes, he is a world HW champ and done 800k+ buys for his last fight. Haye is great for British boxing we should enjoy him and Froch for that while we have them.

[alexpaterson]

Yes , he's the Heavyweight Champion of the world and has a big mouth and good at advertising he'll definetly be ppv

[winkveron]

I was just saying last night to my family that Haye has gone from being known only to boxing fans to now being a household name all within the space of 1 fight. Not only was this fight an easy sell but he has worked his arse off to promote it and he still is. Last night he was on the One Show on BBC1 at about 7.20ish, I flicked onto Sky Sports News about an hour later and he was sat there talking about the fight again. Fair play to him for the hard work. Certain other fighters would be knee deep in kebabs and guiness by now but he is still trying to raise his profile.

[MightyWarrior]

PPV all the way. And believe it or not, Ruiz will be an easy sell.
When you look like Haye, and talk like Haye, and you're a British heavyweight world title holder, it doesn't really matter who you fight. A bit like Oscar De La Hoya in a way.

He'll start talking up the fight, wear a head line grabbing t shirt, do the interviews on prime time shows, talk trash and get into a shoving match with a furious Ruiz at the press conf - no problems. The media love him and will hang on his every word, he's a PR dream.

It'll probably break the PPV records over here this time, which is Hatton/Floyd at something like 1.2 mill.

[tobyh5]

I mean for every fight - EG Khan.

"EG Khan"?????

Hmmm, Khan sells how many PPV? 30,000 wasn't it?

Yeah, I think it is safe to say that Haye can compete with that lofty set of figures having just amassed approx 25 times that amount.

[mickey1975]

I was just saying last night to my family that Haye has gone from being known only to boxing fans to now being a household name all within the space of 1 fight. Not only was this fight an easy sell but he has worked his arse off to promote it and he still is. Last night he was on the One Show on BBC1 at about 7.20ish, I flicked onto Sky Sports News about an hour later and he was sat there talking about the fight again. Fair play to him for the hard work. Certain other fighters would be knee deep in kebabs and guiness by now but he is still trying to raise his profile.

I guess you mean Ricky?Considering he is a light-welter who did well over a million buys for the pbf bout and more than Haye for the Pacman fight,i thinks he's entitled to a pint and a kebab(or two).The way people go on about Ricky on here,you would think he'd just sat in a pub all his life and never acheived anything.

[Abbo]

Haye is a brilliant self-promoter. The way he has managed to re-invent that very dull fight on Saturday into a feverish launchpad to superstardom is class.

I asked Frank Maloney after Haye fought Gurov in Bracknell whether he'd be bringing him back there. The mocking look he gave me was well justified then, but beyond reason now.

It's PPV all the way.

[alexpaterson]

I was just saying last night to my family that Haye has gone from being known only to boxing fans to now being a household name all within the space of 1 fight. Not only was this fight an easy sell but he has worked his arse off to promote it and he still is. Last night he was on the One Show on BBC1 at about 7.20ish, I flicked onto Sky Sports News about an hour later and he was sat there talking about the fight again. Fair play to him for the hard work. Certain other fighters would be knee deep in kebabs and guiness by now but he is still trying to raise his profile.

Ye he fairly gets about he must of been on Soccer AM about 3 times before his fight with Valuev

He always comes off good in interviews though

[Flav1]

The pub I was in north London was rammed. The manager said he had to pay £2500 and just made that on the night.

[Goz]

The pub I was in north London was rammed. The manager said he had to pay £2500 and just made that on the night.

They quoted much quieter pubs in my area (Bucks) the same, I reckon the landlady would have got 30/40 in to watch it tops - totally priced her out the money grabbing wankers.

[leforge]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... vesty.html

The old fart of British boxing speaks!

[Goz]

In old money when Lennox and Hamed were in world title fights on normal Sky that you already paid a monthly subscription for then David Haye probably shouldn't be PPV every fight just yet.

But in a landscape where Amir Khan is PPV in basically non-title fights then without doubt David Haye is PPV.

[leforge]

Haye fight did about 800,000 most people are reporting Wazza mate reports a lower figure!

[King Tubby]

Are Sky showing it for free this week?

[leforge]

Yes Saturday I think check sky guide!

[SteveDow]

Without doubt the Ruiz fight will be PPV and rightly so given that Amir Khan has been PPV ever since his demolition by Prescott.

I'm hoping to attend the Ruiz fight in London as I've been to Haye's last 3 fights including the one in Germany last weeked and he usually gives great value for money. That said, I hope the ticket prices are not astronomical like they were for the Maccarinelli fight.